Having had a big sort out at work I've brought home 3 Dell Dimension XPS-450 PCs. I've installed Ubuntu Linux on one which went fine, everything works, network, sound, Graphics Drivers etc. and it can see all the other PCs & storage on my network and can use the Shared printers from other PCs on the network.

The Specs are:-

Pentium III 450mhz
756MB Ram
Pioneer DVD-RW (X4 Speed)
16 MB Graphics Card (AGP)
80gb HDD Capacity (60gb & 20gb HDDs)
Creative Live Sound Cards
3-Com 10/100 Network Cards.
5 x USB2 Ports & Firewire Card (I added this since it was in the cupboard).

On My network I already have:-

An Athlon 3200+ Windows HTPC
A Celeron 2400 UnRaid Linux Based Raid Data Storage Server
Several Windows PCs (Mine, The Wife's & The Kids PCs)
An Athlon 3200+ "project" LinuxMCE Core machine (I'm trying to work it out)

I'm wondering whether there is any open-source software based practical uses for these PCs I could have a play with? VOIP perhaps? X-10 Home-Automation (I have some hardware)? I'll consider any purpose that these PCs could run adequately.

Or are the just ready for the skip?

I have plenty of free time & love dabbling in new projects. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mark.